New Level and Swerve Strickland are still your AEW World Trios Champions, putting on an absolute clinic against “Hangman” Adam Page and Brodido at All Out on Saturday. Swerve Strickland himself delivered the final blow, hitting Big Pressure on Bandido for the pin and the win, capping off a wild six-man tag match after he slipped right out of the 21 Plex. Talk about clutch!
From Surprise Debut to Reigning Champs: This Team Is Built Different
Seriously, this run for New Level and Swerve has been something else. It feels like only yesterday at All In, Kofi and Austin Creed, aka New Level, exploded onto the scene. They were Swerve’s surprise partners in the Trios Roulette Royale, and what a debut it was! They snagged championship gold in their first match, ripping the titles right off Page, Brody King, and Bandido. That energy they brought? Unstoppable.
They haven’t simply sat on those belts, either. In the weeks after All In, these guys have been fighting champions, putting in work every week on Dynamite. They’ve gone through The Rascalz, then took down Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong, and Orange Cassidy from The Conglomeration. Their toughest test to date, though, came on the go-home Dynamite episode before All Out, in a high-profile defense against The Demand. Ricochet, Bishop Kaun, and Toa Liona pushed them to the absolute limit in what became a de facto play-in match for All Out, but New Level and Swerve wouldn’t be denied.
Hangman’s Play For Mind Games Fell Flat
Remember all that drama after the Demand match? Hangman Page and Brodido came out hot, confronting the champs. Hangman, with his long history with Swerve, tried to plant some seeds of doubt, warning New Level that Swerve could turn on them any second, like he had done to others. Classic mind games, right?
But Kofi and Creed? They weren’t having any of it. They didn’t even flinch, flipping the script right back on Hangman, pointing out his own questionable trust record. And guess what? At All Out, the champs proved them right. New Level and Strickland were absolutely on the same page, dismantling Page and Brodido. This wasn’t just another win, it was their first successful pay-per-view title defense, a huge milestone for this dominant trio.
With the titles retained and the mind games out of the way, New Level and Swerve Strickland are on a whole other level right now. Who knows what’s next for these Trios Champions, but you can bet it’s going to be must-watch TV.
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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